Buckle.



A. A. ABIZAID.

BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED NARA, 1912.

' 1,1 15,459. Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

awe/"tom TH! NORRlS PETERS 60., PHom-LlTh h, WASHINGTON. D.

ALKOURY A. ABIZAID, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedOot. 27, 1914.

Application filed March 4, 1912. Serial No. 681,505.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALKOURY ANTONIOUS ABIZAID, a subject of the Sultan of Turkey, residing at Washington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to suspender buckles, and has' for its object the provision of a buckle which may be stamped out of a single piece of sheet metal, which may be readily adjusted to any point of the webbing, and by which the webbing may be effectually secured so that accidental release of the webbing will be avoided.

, section of a buckle embodying the invention,

the webbing being indicated in dotted lines; Figs. 3 and 4 are, respectively, a front elevation and a vertical section of a modification; Figs. 5 and 6 are similar views of another modification.

Referring now particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, the buckle consists of a substantially rectangular frame having end bars 1 connected by upper and lower cross bars 2, 3, the upper cross bar being preferablyprovided with a slot 4: to receive an adjusting tab indicated in dotted lines. The lower edge of the upper cross bar 2 is formed with teeth 5 which are adapted to take into the webbing and thereby hold the buckle at the point to which it may be adjusted. The teeth are shown as projecting rearwardly to more effectually engage the webbing. Between the upper and lower cross bars coacting intermediate cross bars 6 and 7 are provided,

said cross bars being formed integral with the frame simultaneously with the cutting of the frame from the blank. As shown best in Fig. 2, the cross bars 6 and 7 are pressed to opposite sides of the frame so as to be slightly offset therefrom and constitute web-gripping jaws or rests around which the webbing is secured. The metal between the bars is cut away, leaving an open space 8, and the upper bar 6 has teeth 9 formed on itslower edge of such length that their ends project over the upper edge of the lower bar, the separation ofthe teeth fromthe lower bar forming small notches 10 in the upper edge of the same as will be readily understood- In threading the webbing or band,'constituting the strap or main body of the sus-- ponders, into the buckle, the end of the webbing is passed over the bar 6 from the rear and is then carried down in front of the same and inserted between the same a'ndthe bar 7 and permitted to hang free, behind said bar. The main body of the webbing is then doubled on itself and brought up in rear of the buckle, a bightor loop being thus formed to carry the cast off or cordholdershown in dotted lines at A. From the said bight, the webbing is passed upwardly and forwardly over the lower cross bar 3, thence in front of bar 6 and the webbing thereon,and then upwardly and rearwardly between said bar and the upper cross bar 2, being thereby brought against the teeth 5 so thatthe buckle cannot slip downs wardly on the webbing. Moreover, the downward pull exerted on the webbing when the suspenders are in use, causesthe end portion of the webbing to engage the teeth 9 and be thereby pressed into the notches 10 so that it will be firmly gripped between the bars 6 and 7. The pressure of the rearmost fold or ply of the depending bight of the webbing against the webbing end holds the same against the bar 7 and aids the teeth in preventing slipping of the buckle.

In the forms shown in Figs. 3 and Q the gripping bars 16 are offset from the frame, the adjacent edges of the bars being cut zig zag thereby forming wide alternating teeth on the adjacent edges of the jaws.

In Figs. 5 and 6, the upper gripping jaw or bar 6 is the same form as in Fig. 1, but the upper edge of the lower jaw 7 is in the same horizontal plane as the lower edge of the upper jaw. An additoinal cross bar 17, is provided adjacent the upper gripping jaw but spaced therefrom, the adjacent runs of the webbing passing above and below this bar, as shown in Fig. 6. I

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have provided a buckle of exceedingly simple form which may be stamped out of a single piece of sheet metal and thus produced at a very slight cost. The buckle may be easily adjusted to any desired point of the webbing, and, when so adjusted, will engage the Webbing so as to effectually retain the adjustment.

Having thus fully described my invention. what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. As a new article of manufacture, a bucklecomprising a frame, a pair of bars extending across and pressed outwardly from the plane of the frame in opposite di rections to provide a space between them, one bar having one longitudinal edge provided with regularly spaced notches and the other bar having one longitudinal edge provided with teeth complemental to and arranged in alinement with said notches.

'2. The combination with a buckle, comprising a frame provided with webbing engaging means, a pair of bars extending across and pressed outwardly from the plane of the frame in opposite directions to provide a space between them, one bar having one longitudinal edge provided with Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing regularly spaced notches and the other bar having one longitudinal edge provided with teeth complemental to and arranged in alinement with said notches, of a webbing passed through the frame from the rear between said pair of bars, thence passed around the upper of said bars and through the frame to the back thereof, thence folded upon itself to form a depending loop, thence passed through the frame from the back be tween the lower part of the frame and the lowermost of said pair of bars, and finally passed through the frame from the front between the uppermost of said pair of bars and the upper part of the frame, where said web is engaged by the webbing engaging means carried by the upper part of the frame.

In testimony whereofI have signed my nameto this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALKOURY A. ABIZAID.

lVitnesses (Jr-ms. E. BIORDON, E. WILLIAMS.

the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

